The Unseen: Downhill Racer

Editor’s note: The Unseen is a somewhat regular column, looking at movies that are out of print, never released on DVD and otherwise hard to find. I think I have underestimated the work of Michael Ritchie.  Sure, I enjoyed his later work, (especially “Fletch,” and the original “Bad News Bears,”) but I always thought of …

Three Cool Political Movies

Here it is, inauguration day.  While there are some who didn’t vote for Barack Obama, I think it’s pretty cool to see the transfer of power and to see the promise and excitement that seems to be everywhere.  (Except my supermarket.  They’re still bitter, bitter people.  I double checked this afternoon.)  Here’s a look at …